#Astronomers Are Sure These Are Two Newborn #Planets Orbiting a Distant #Star

Issued by Universe Today

Although we're still waiting for the revolution in the direct observation of exoplanets, there's another revolution that's fully underway: observing newly forming planets. Thanks to incredible observations from powerful telescopes around the world, astronomers were able to directly observe twin planets orbiting around their parent star in the system PDS 70. Astronomers have been watching this system for a couple of years now, seeing how the planets orbit around the star, gathering up material.

Astronomers Are Sure These Are Two Newborn Planets Orbiting a Distant Star